In the 39-minute podcast, legendary sports writer Peter King shares amazing stories from his decades covering the NFL. Here’s what you need to know.
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If you were to draft an all-time sportscasting team, Peter King could be your first pick for the NFL
Growing up in Connecticut, he wanted to be Carl Yastrzemski
Peter Gammons and Watergate had an enormous influence on his wanting to be a journalist
He was really into politics, which he thought would be his career focus in journalism
How college kids wanted to be Mike & the Mad Dog 20 years ago and now want to be Stephen A. Smith and how it influences your career
How he covered Pete Rose, Tom Seaver and Johnny Bench
How he was so fortunate to be given the Bengals beat at the Cincinnati Inquirer at 26 years old to cover the most open coach in the business, Sam Wyche
How he got Sam Wyche to pose as a magician prior to his first game
How about if he asked Bill Parcells do that
He then went to Newsday to cover the Giants
He broke a Lawrence Taylor story that got him in the door at Sports Illustrated
How back then Sports Illustrated gave you better access than ESPN
Seaver and Bench were so good to deal with
His love for dealing with Michael Irvin
Michael Irvin being excited about an SI game
Irvin took him to his office to be interviewed (we won't ruin where Irvin's office was)
How Deion Sanders invited up to his hotel room to show his work ethic
Mike Holmgren opened everything about his story
How he spent three nights at Brett Favre's house
How he had Favre laid out his history with pain killers and he had to sit on the story for nearly a week
How he had his own report card by reading all the newspapers
How Bill Parcells said, "Who the F are you?" to King
How competitive he was to write the best story each day
Steve Serby freaking out the rest of the baseball beat
Bill Belichick holding a grudge
What is the key to maintaining relationships with sources over the years
How he ended up getting invited to Tom Brady's house in Montana after the 28-3 comeback Super Bowl win
Advice for young reporters how to get people to give you insight and time
How taking the wider lens view is better in covering sports
How the Monday Morning Quarterback came to be on the internet
Most of the writers wouldn't write for the internet without extra pay
If Sports Illustrated could have a do-over to keep it as the No. 1 sports destination, what would it be
How he realized that MMQB was so big when he led his column about his daughter's softball team
How NBC Sports president Rick Cordella was so great to him at the end of his career
How Andy Reid wanted to be a sports writer
How Adrian Wojnarowski called King to ask what he thought about retiring way before he announced it
How Adam Schefter is fantastic, but he wouldn't want his life
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